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Benefits to Gardening & the Impact to Your Life & Family

Benefits to Gardening & the Impact to Your Life & Family

With so little time to spare in our everyday lives, we need a good reason to devote hours every week to something new. But, gardening is an ancient human tradition — one that can benefit your health, connect you with nature, and give your family an incentive to spend more quality time outside. Looking to…

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Water-Conscious Tips for Your Colorado Landscape

Water-Conscious Tips for Your Colorado Landscape

Nothing is more heartbreaking than investing bundles of your precious time and money into a landscape only to see it wilt and dry up right before your eyes. But, with just a little bit of information and smart management, you’ll enjoy a lush and vibrant landscape for years to come. Here’s what you need to know about watering…

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Benefits of Porous Permeable Pavers for Your Colorado Landscape

Benefits of Porous Permeable Pavers for Your Colorado Landscape

We love being able to drive around in our cars, but the resulting asphalt covering our country from coast to coast isn’t necessarily doing us any favors. Luckily, the past 30 years have seen huge developments in storm-water management, and today, you can choose from several different environmentally-friendly permeable pavers. Below, we’ll highlight several of…

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Don’t Hide Your Driveway, But Make it Stand Out

Don’t Hide Your Driveway, But Make it Stand Out

Exactly what you see when you look at a stunning driveway relies on a balanced configuration of hardscapes and softscapes. It’s simple, really — hardscapes consist of walls and fences, while softscapes revolve around shrubs, ground covers, ornamental trees, and flower beds. Together, these elements work to create an unforgettable first impression for visitors. But…

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Create Visual Appeal & Control Water Runoff with Dry Riverbeds

Create Visual Appeal & Control Water Runoff with Dry Riverbeds

Taking a second look at something that appears ordinary at first glance can lead to exciting new discoveries. Now that it’s getting warmer, properly managing the water from summer showers is more important than ever. While many landscape architects do plan and build drainage ditches as dry creek beds, they often fall quite short as…

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Funky, Colorful Large Garden Containers Add Landscape Appeal

Funky, Colorful Large Garden Containers Add Landscape Appeal

Home gardening is all about convenience. And nothing is more convenient than a stylish garden container. It can be a hefty undertaking to redesign a garden or landscape, but with garden containers, you can redefine a garden’s style in just a few moments. We love how gardens can be designed as an arrangement of distinct…

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Healthy Landscapes Begin with Healthy Soils

Healthy Landscapes Begin with Healthy Soils

Happy plants and trees grow from healthy soil, and even the smallest of changes in soil composition can impact plant growth. Both organic and non-organic soils have benefits that make each suitable for a variety of environments. Even still, many soils require further soil amendments such as mulch, compost, and manure to develop a rich environment…

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From Conceptual Design to Budget, Working with a Professional Landscape Architect Reduces Errors

From Conceptual Design to Budget, Working with a Professional Landscape Architect Reduces Errors

From Pinterest boards to wikiHow, it’s no secret the internet world loves DIY projects. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should jump to do just any project by yourself. Landscape and interior design are very different, namely because landscape design presents challenges and detours that simply don’t exist in controlled environments, like your home. Landscape design…

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The Quaking Aspen: Is It Right For Your Landscape?

The Quaking Aspen: Is It Right For Your Landscape?

The quaking aspen, a species that has enchanted and perplexed landowners, horticulturists, and landscape architects for centuries, is a testament to nature’s complex beauty. These trees are often confused with birches because of their striking cream or white-colored trunks, which are unique in more ways than just their appearance — in fact, referring to them…

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